Question

Jaida has $200 to spend on flowers for a school celebration. She decides that the only flowers that she wants to buy are roses and carnations. Roses cost $1.45 each and carnations cost $0.65 each. Jaida buys enough roses so that each of the 75 people attending the event can take home at least one rose. Write an inequality to represent the cost constraint.

Answer 1

`1.45x+0.65y\leq 200`

Here,
`x` denotes the number of roses used for a school celebration and
`y` denotes the number of carnations used for a school celebration.

Explanation:

Let
`x` denotes the number of roses used for a school celebration and
`y` denotes the number of carnations used for a school celebration.

Cost of 1 rose = $1.45

Cost of
`x` roses =
`\$1.45x`

Cost of 1 carnation = $0.65

Cost of
`y` roses =
`\$0.65y`

Total cost spend on flowers =
`1.45x+0.65y`

Total amount with Jaida = $200

So,

the inequality to represent the cost constraint is
`1.45x+0.65y\leq 200`